The press release from Lucasfilm has fans questioning the new Star Wars Rebels fourth and final season launch schedule. It shows Star Wars Rebels returning Monday, October 16th at 12:30 a.m., and then continuing to air through the day at four other time slots as shown below. I'm not sure the reasoning behind this other than to give fans/everyone plenty of opportunity to view the final season.

THE FOURTH AND FINAL SEASON OF ‘STAR WARS REBELS’PREMIERES MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, ON DISNEY XD

The Emmy-nominated animated series “Star Wars Rebels” returns for its fourth and final season beginning MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (12:30 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. EDT), on Disney XD and the Disney XD App. The one-hour episode marks the beginning of the most important mission yet for the Ghost crew as the series draws closer to its grand finale.

In this final season, the Ghost crew joins the growing Rebel Alliance, struggling to unite against the Galactic Empire. However, when a new Imperial threat arises on Lothal, Ezra leads the crew back to his home world to defeat the oppressive forces of the Empire under the command of cunning Grand Admiral Thrawn. Old friends are reunited and new alliances are forged as the series builds to its epic conclusion.

“Star Wars Rebels” is created by Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dave Filoni (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars”), Academy Award® nominee Simon Kinberg (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) and Emmy nominee Carrie Beck. The Lucasfilm Animation production is executive produced by Filoni and Kinberg, and co-executive produced by Emmy nominee Henry Gilroy.